Mobiele

Mobiele is a Dutch adjective meaning "mobile" or "able to move" and is used to describe things that operate away from fixed locations. It commonly appears before nouns in compound terms, such as mobiele telefoon (mobile phone), mobiele eenheid (mobile unit), and mobiele bibliotheek (mobile library).

The form mobiele is the inflected form used before singular nouns in ordinary sentences; the base form is mobiel. In everyday speech, the term for a mobile phone is often de mobiel, a colloquial noun, while the formal designation is de mobiele telefoon.

Etymology: mobiel derives from the French mobile and ultimately from Latin mobilis, meaning movable. The Dutch spelling and usage reflect standard Germanic borrowing patterns for adjectives describing mobility and technology.

Usage notes: Mobiele is common in technology, public safety, logistics, and services that operate away from a fixed base. It contrasts with stationary equipment (stationair) or fixed installations. In Dutch, the same root also appears in compound nouns describing moving or portable forms of objects and services and is widely understood across the Dutch-speaking world.